The Forsyth County news. (Cumming, Ga.) 19??-current, April 06, 1997, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVolunteers make life cheerier LIFESTYLE, IB Forsyth County News VOLUME 88, NUMBER 42 Copyright © 1997 Forsyth County News v ' ' Tn • a Aak la **--> fM-a* MfPrBI wm IM* VTnVIWH day as BcyllgM Cavings Tim* Rom*n*bor to Ms clocks Library budget to come before county on Monday By Laura Boggs Staff Writer i Library officials will ask county commissioners Monday for $1.2 million, a 22.6 percent increase in fund ing, for next year. The fiscal year 1998 bud get proposal calls for an addi tional $222,098, mostly to hire more staff. “The area’s population growth has really put pres sure on the staff,” said Jon McDaniel, director of the Forsyth County Public Library. The branch will ask for five new 40-hour workers and one 20-hour worker. The full- See LIBRARY, Page 2A WEATHER Thunderstorms on Sun. High of 71. Partly cloudy on Mon. High of 57. Sunny and r 1 cool on Tues. INDEX Abby 7B IV SB : Births 4B Weddings 4B Business 4A Horoscope 7B Classifieds 4C School 5A Editorial BA Sports 1C LAKE LANIER LEVELS Date Level March 31 1071.29 ft April 1 1071.29 ft April 2 1071.28 ft April 3 1071.25 ft April 4 1071.24 ft COMING l/VEDNESDAY... Commission to meet The Forsyth County Commission will be meeting on Monday to dis cuss the 19?8 budget Tor the Forsyth County Library. See Wednesday's edition for complete INSIDE TODAY The Forsyth County News' annual Spring Home Improvement Supplement ■ ■ ■ Missed paper policy: For replacement paper call between 8 am. to 6 p.m. on Wed., 8 am. to 6 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sun., 887-3126. OH 'ink ■ ■■ . • ■r F » -j 1 ■ iKS MHMwMR»S7 J Your "Hometown Paper" Since 1908 J Poole's Mill Park dedicated 'mHHH IB'. fe v Photo/Tom Brooks Photo/Tom Brooks Annette Bramblett of the Forsyth County Historical Society tells the group of the historic significance of Poole’s Mill Bridge. At left are renderings of the bridge, done by school children. Park focuses on historic bridge K ■Mr cst inL e ■■o9* jHf i |kv 'fl fl ■ESHRoM Photo/Tom Brooks Commissioner John Kieffer thanks the Parks and Recreation board for its work, as well as the past commis sion for approving the project. The nine-acre park includes picnic areas and restrooms. Sheriff’s office is adding motorcycle units to the road By Michael Kurtz Staff Writer It won’t just be cars that the Forsyth County Sheriff’s deputies will be patrolling on this summer. The office took delivery on two new Harley Davidson motor cycles, Tuesday, and plans on hav ing them on the road in the next several weeks. Sheriff Denny Hendrix said the addition of the new bikes will help deputies patrol in high density areas, and offer more maneuver ability in high traffic. “The bikes are very maneuver able,” said Hendrix. “They will be good for lake patrol, emergency scenes, and getting to accidents during rush hour.” In addition, the motorcycles will add class to public functions such as funerals. The Harley Davidson FLHP Road Kings were purchased from Scott Smith Harley Davidson in Raiders stay in control of Region 8-A South SPORTS, 1C Cumming, GA / April 6,1997 SUNDAY EDITION Orlando, Florida, for $11,215 each. They are built especially for law enforcement work and come equipped with sirens, a P.A. sys tem, blue strobes, and a radar unit. Major Ron Casper said the office checked three different sup pliers in the Atlanta area, none of which could match the price or offer immediate delivery. Two deputies will go through a 40 hour training class then be assigned to the motorcycle patrol. In addition to the motorcycles, the office took delivery on eight new ford Crown Victoria patrol cars. Also built for police work, the cars come with spotlights, vinyl seats for transporting prisoners, and light bars. They were bought from Beaudry Ford in Atlanta. Four of the vehicles, 1997 models, were purchased for $19,250 each. The other four are 1996 models and were purchased By Sheri Toomey Staff Writer County and city leaders gath ered at Poole’s Mill Park for the grand opening ceremony Thursday. Danny Floyd, chairman of the Recreation Board, welcomed everyone to the event and City Administrator Gerald Blackburn said the invocation. The nine-acre park next to Settingdown Creek was developed with $200,000 of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds. Hayes James & Associates designed the park area which includes a pavilion, a paved park ing lot, and restrooms. Commissioner John Kieffer thanked everyone for their hard work, especially former Commissioner “Charles Welch who first brought the idea to the See BRIDGE, Page 2A A ’fi Sheriff Denny Hendrix (center) stands with officers Paul Whitfield (left) and Bruce Hood (right) seated on the two new motorcycle units. at a price of $18,600 apiece. The Sheriff’s office was bud geted to spend $20,000 for each vehicle. Commissioner Andy Anderson said the Board of Commissioners, Plans in place for Relay for Life PAGE 8B 127 students rezoned from Coal Mountain to Sawnee Board fine tunes redistricting plan By Laura Boggs Staff Writer More students will be going to a different school next fall. During a meeting Thursday, the school board voted unani mously to adopt some new district lines. Although most of a redis tricting committee’s plan was approved March 25, the school board had some questions about the group’s proposal. The 64- member committee of parents, teachers and administrators went back and revisited it last week. On Thursday the school board approved the committee’s recom mendations to • Rezone 127 students from the crowded Coal Mountain Elementary to Sawnee Elementary. The committee had originally suggested redistricting 42 Coal Mountain children, but Klemm leaving Big Creek Elementary; Harwell to become new principal By Laura Boggs Staff Writer Mary Harwell will fill the post Big Creek Elementary Principal Terri Klemm is leaving after this year. Klemm is moving out of Georgia because of her husband’s job transfer. She has been at Big Creek this year after being transferred from a position as an assistant principal at South Forsyth High. Harwell, assistant principal at Daves Creek Elementary, plans to continue much of what Klemm started at the school. “My hope is that the transition can be as smooth as possible,” Harwell said. “Many of the things Dr. Klemm started, I want to continue.” Harwell added, “I’m very happy to be going is excited about the new vehicles, and about the improvement of law enforcement as a whole. The board recently authorized the Sheriff’s office to hire 17 new people to help bring the office to a L ißw3 a W ft/-™ mK |ik W| several school board members voiced concerns that the small number was a “Band-Aid” fix to relieve the school’s cramped class rooms. New subdivisions are being built in the area, and the campus has no more room for additions or trailers. The Coal Mountain students being sent to Sawnee will still attend North Forsyth Middle and North Forsyth High. The new boundaries are described by the committee as “The northern (Sawnee) boundary shall be composed of the follow ing changes. Beginning at the intersection of Holbrook Road traveling east Holbrook Road and all subdivisions entering Holbrook Road to Bramblett Road will be moved to Sawnee. The boundary continues eastward to encompass See REDISTRICT, Page 2A Klemm See HARWELL, Page 2A level equal to the task of covering such a rapidly growing county. “It fills a need as far as public safety,” said Anderson. “We were in desperate need of additional officers.”